'20 IL WR AJ Henning (Michigan Verbal)

[NDIrish88]

Henning ran "just" a 4.46 at the St Louis Regional today.

And then there's this guy. Wonder if Tyree can equal it in a couple of weeks.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">4⃣.3⃣5⃣ ❗️<br><br>⏱️💨 <a href="https://twitter.com/_marcellusmoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_marcellusmoore</a> <a href="https://t.co/Ciluyp3rBx">pic.twitter.com/Ciluyp3rBx</a></p>— Ronny Torres (@RonnyTorresSS) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonnyTorresSS/status/1117526685031780355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Damn that's fast. Now I am back on the Henning train. I kind of went away from as I thought he was toying with ND. But fast is fast.

 

[BobbyMac]

Damn that's fast. Now I am back on the Henning train. I kind of went away from as I thought he was toying with ND. But fast is fast.

4.46 IS quick but his true speed is overrated. I see his season best 100m is an 11.07. He ran a 10.67 in the state finals his freshman year.

That hip flexor injury was obviously a bad one.

 

[NDIrish88]

Is he still a take even after that injury?

 

[BobbyMac]

Is he still a take even after that injury?

Sounds like it.

Here's a vid of him running in the fastest man race at the Opening today. He's the closest to the camera, M Moore won and the Keyon Mozee who won the RB MVP was 2nd. Let's never forget, he ain't slow.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ran a 4.35 during testing, then ran a 4.44 to win the Fastest Man competition.<a href="https://twitter.com/_marcellusmoore?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_marcellusmoore</a> has WHEELS! <br>🏎💨 <a href="https://t.co/UF3iXXLIxI">pic.twitter.com/UF3iXXLIxI</a></p>— The Opening (@TheOpening) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheOpening/status/1117525690897829888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 14, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[JD Irish]

ND needs to up the ante here. He is a good player and would be a great complement to Johnson in our WR class.

 

[KizerWilhelm]

Wiltfong posted on the II board that his CB is still ND, but he’s not as confident as he once was.

He talks about his top schools here: https://247sports.com/college/notre...enning-zeroing-in-on-a-few-schools-131226258/

This is just a gut feeling but I feel like the real threat here isn’t Michigan, it’s Illinois.

 

[NDMIA]

Wiltfong posted on the II board that his CB is still ND, but he’s not as confident as he once was.

He talks about his top schools here: https://247sports.com/college/notre...enning-zeroing-in-on-a-few-schools-131226258/

This is just a gut feeling but I feel like the real threat here isn’t Michigan, it’s Illinois.

I think it’s basically Illinois, Notre Dame, Georgia, Michigan and Penn State as an unofficial top 5. Here’s my older list that I put up a little while ago with his top 5 highlighted if he visited them in the last 8 months. Hopefully ND can get Henning on campus soon before he leans too much to Illinois or Georgia as the far away option.

4/6/19 Illinois
3/28/19 Louisville
3/27/19 Alabama
3/26/19 FSU
3/26/19 Florida
3/25/19 Clemson
3/25/19 Georgia
3/24/19 Charlotte
3/2/19 Northwestern
1/27/19 Illinois
1/26/19 Michigan
12/15/18 Purdue
10/13/18 Illinois
9/22/18 Iowa
9/1/18 Notre Dame

 

[Irish#1]

Always need the last or close to last visit to be able to land these kids that can go one way or another. You can always remind a recruit about why they like a school, but it has way more impact when it's a touchy feely visit.

 

[NDinMI]

Committed!!


Go Irish!

 

[tko]

You serious, Clark?

 

[Big23Head]

Believe this is a misunderstanding. It’s just an ND edit that AJ posted. Pyne posted one as well

 

[IrishFaninTX]

Believe this is a misunderstanding. It’s just an ND edit that AJ posted. Pyne posted one as well

I don't know why players would tweet an edit like that if they didn't plan to commit to that school, though. Pyne is a ND commit so his makes more sense

 

[Rizzophil]

Not committed

Just new graphic

 

[Sea Turtle]

Not committed

Just new graphic

Shrinkage

 

[irishnd31]

Well that’s a weinie shrinker

 

[irishnd31]

Shrinkage

Damnit. You beat me to it. Lol

 

[NDdomer2]

I love the slight shade thrown in the edit too

 

[Irishnuke]

LOL. His profile pic is him in UGA gear.

 

[NDinMI]

Man I'm an idiot lol. Sorry about that one.

 

[BobbyMac]

Bet there was a whole lot of positive ND talk going on at Marist HS last weekend.

Davidkov is a good looking prospect. He'd be the OT I'd offer when Garrett Dellinger fades off to Michigan. Actually, I'd offer right now.

Anyways, I've never felt less confident regarding Henning than right now.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Underclassmen on our CBS Sports network all American teams from the Chicago area. <a href="https://t.co/1yz9T25WNX">pic.twitter.com/1yz9T25WNX</a></p>— Tom Lemming (@LemmingReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/LemmingReport/status/1125138845387952135?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 5, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[BobbyMac]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4*+ talent AJ Henning 5‘10“ 180 Lincoln –Way E. Is an APB you should become a 5* with an injury free season. 10.6 100 m.<a href="https://twitter.com/AJHenning3?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AJHenning3</a> super <a href="https://t.co/usfm26feJ8">pic.twitter.com/usfm26feJ8</a></p>— Tom Lemming (@LemmingReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/LemmingReport/status/1125952195839582208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Irish Man3]

I know this kids name won't go away until he verbals to another school (and for good reason, he's a stud), but I can't help but feel wore out by his recruitment already. Absolutely nothing against the kid at all but there just hasn't been any movement here in awhile in ND's direction. I hope he recovers from his injury and balls out his senior year. I hope he gets the go ahead to whatever school he wants to go to that is currently holding off to see how he recovers from injury.

I also hope that ND signs a WR class of Johnson, Redding, McMillian, and Watts.

This kid, for whatever reason, just gives me a gross feeling in the pit of my recruiting stomach.

 

[BobbyMac]

I know this kids name won't go away until he verbals to another school (and for good reason, he's a stud), but I can't help but feel wore out by his recruitment already. Absolutely nothing against the kid at all but there just hasn't been any movement here in awhile in ND's direction. I hope he recovers from his injury and balls out his senior year. I hope he gets the go ahead to whatever school he wants to go to that is currently holding off to see how he recovers from injury.

I also hope that ND signs a WR class of Johnson, Redding, McMillian, and Watts.

This kid, for whatever reason, just gives me a gross feeling in the pit of my recruiting stomach.

Davonte Neal played at my local HS here in AZ.

That is all.

 

[Luckylucci]

Yea, my don’t care meter is pretty high with this one.

 

[NDMIA]

1) VISITS
4/6/19 Illinois
3/28/19 Louisville
3/27/19 Alabama
3/26/19 FSU
3/26/19 Florida
3/25/19 Clemson
3/25/19 Georgia
3/24/19 Charlotte
3/2/19 Northwestern
1/27/19 Illinois
1/26/19 Michigan
12/15/18 Purdue
10/13/18 Illinois
9/22/18 Iowa
9/1/18 Notre Dame

2) TOP FIVE ON LEMMING REPORT (He said offers but probable top 5)
Michigan
Georgia
Notre Dame
Penn State
Florida
(Illinois - didn’t mention them but I’m pretending they’re in 6th cause that’s his hometown squad with friends there plus Grandpa went there)

3) Has mentioned ND in almost every single recruiting video he’s been on in 2019. Unless I’m missing some videos with other sites he’s mentioned ND to Lemming, Wiltfong, Loy and countless others who’ve interviewed him in 2019.

4) 247 mentioned contact waned in mid March for a while and ISD countered that quickly saying he still keeps in touch a lot with the staff but just hadn’t confirmed a visit. Who knows what to believe

5) He’s been to campus probably 5-10 times in his lifetime and btw 4 times in a 6 month period in 2018 (3/3/18 & 4/21/18 & 6/23/18 & 9/1/18). Maybe he’d seen enough for a few months. It’s been 8 months since his last visit but it’s not like he’s completely forgotten about ND

6) 6 recruiting analysts believe he’ll pick ND. When Tom Loy, Kevin Sinclair, and Steve Wiltfong all vote in one direction for one kid then I’m pretty confident they’ll go there at that time. Remember these guys change their CB’s daily with different recruits so if they were sure that AJ wasn’t going to ND then they’d change it. Maybe they weren’t always 100% on their CB to ND but they’ve still not changed it to foggy or Illinois or an SEC factory.

7) Brian Kelly, Chip Long, Tom Rees, and Del Alexander teaming up on a recruit is a recipe for success. I have a lot of faith in that foursome between the HC, Coordinator, area recruiter and position coach that if they actually want him a lot then they’ll do really well in his recruitment.

8) He scheduled a visit for 1/28/19 but got snowed in so he cancelled. Henning has also visited very few schools outside of the local region before this spring, he rehabbed his injury, and prepped for the 2019 Outdoor Track Season that’s going on now.

I think overall I feel pretty solid about Henning eventually ending up at ND. In case people forget, Braiden McGregor took a weeklong trip down south to a bunch of football factories and people didn’t say a peep about attention-seeking and headline grabbing and when Henning goes on a 5 day trip down south coupled with the 50/50 report on if he’s communicating with the staff then the IE board gets extremely dreary and down about Henning. I think the kid had a ton of national offers and wanted to see what was out there which is totally his right and then eventually he’ll decide what’s right for him. I think the positives outweigh the negatives in his recruitment and I think the visits (4 in 2018), the staff recruiting him, Jordan Johnson/Drew Pyne recruiting him, the proximity to home, and the academics will come into play and push him towards ND. First order of business is getting him on campus because the 8 months without a visit would be the biggest negative for me. If he doesn’t show up to campus before the June 21st weekend and start of the month long dead period then I’d start to question whether he’ll be in ND’s class or not.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

I don't have a good or bad feeling on Henning. He's a mystery. I'm not getting emotionally attached because it's felt thus far like a recruitment that doesn't go our way.

Time will tell.

 

[rtrn2glory]

i'm at the point where if he's part of the class great....if not im not going to be broken hearted.

 

[BobbyMac]

At this point, I'm not sure he's a 2 page prospect... let not a 7 pager.

His 100m times are off .4 seconds since his freshman year. HJe just broke 11 seconds for the first time here a few weeks ago.

 

[rtrn2glory]

maybe a hand time wind aided gem from his track coach from a few years ago got him his mid 10 point times

 

[BobbyMac]

maybe a hand time wind aided gem from his track coach from a few years ago got him his mid 10 point times

No, he ran a 10.6 at the state finals. he was legit before the hip flexor surgery.